Tag: Italian
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Ansaldo SVA 5 – Part One – Czech, Box, And Soviet
Normally a set of red flags for me. In this case a boon. This is a gift from my club – an abandoned kit that sat on the shelf in the storage room for all the years I’ve been a member. It is box scale – 1:50th. It is early Czech production, and is presented…
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Fiat BR.20 – Part Three – Nearly All Good
Nearly. 90% of this airplane is a dream to build and the last 10% is the sort of dream you get with too much cheese at bedtime. It’s the nose, you see. Italeri were faced with the need to make a set of windows as well as a revolving front turret and elected to mould…
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Fiat BR.20 – Part One – Birthday Bomber
Part of my big birthday buy-up last year was this Fiat bomber. It was a last-minute selection in a shop I rarely visit – but I am delighted with the prospect. Italeri kits always please me, and none more so than their Italian aircraft. They seem to put an extra level of care in the…
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Macchi MC 205 Veltro – Part Three – The Great Azure Blue Quest
I think I may claim a modest victory today. I pursued RAF Azure Blue paint and overtook it. The quest started with that RAF Digital colour chart I found on the net. It lists all the major paints used in WWII RAF aircraft, Shows them in a clear panel, and then gives the RGB and…
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Macchi MC 205 Veltro – Part One – The Speedy Dog
Veltro apparently means ” greyhound ” in Italian and I cannot think of a better image for this WWII fighter. The long snout and the ability to fly at high speed are the first things that come to mind, but when you watch the canine greyhounds you see another characteristic of them; the habit of…
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Macchi C.200 Saetta – Part Four – Il Co-Belligerante
Well, it’s finished. The kit that started out as just a whim has turned out to be a delight. I solved a problem for myself with the livery and found a way to enjoy future aircraft building. The final verdict is in on part of the finishing system, and Hobby Boss have acquitted themselves magnificently…
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Macchi C.200 Saetta – Part Three – Fascist!
And proud of it – so proud that they wore a stylised image of fasces as an air force insignia on the Italian Air force planes in the early part of WW2. Of course it featured largely in political imagery as well and was promoted by Mussolini for all sorts of purposes. It went out…
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Macchi MC.200 Saetta – Part Two – A or B?
The usual procedure for my painting of camouflaged aircraft up until now has been: a. Smooth and fill seams and make the basic airframe ready. Prime with a Tamiya spray can. b. Paint the solid underside colour. c. Cover this with tape and occasionally with Maskol. d. Paint the lighter of the top colours. e.…
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Macchi MC.200 Saetta – Part One – The Lawyers Called, Mr Chang.
I can see that there has been a phone call from Italy. Hobby Boss has put out their 1:72 model of the Macchi MC-200 Saetta fighter plane with no reference to ” Macchi ” on the box. It is referred to only as ” Italian ” and ” Saetta “. It’s the same story as…
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